Cuff fastener



O. E. KOHL.

CUFF FASTENER- APPLICATION FILED mmzs. 1921.

Patented Aug. 22, 1922.

INVENTOR OQMJZTTORNEYS marten CUFF FASTENER.

Application fil ed. March 25,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, OsoAn E. KoHL, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Rochester, in the county of Monroe and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cuff Fasteners, of which the following is a speoifi cation.

The present invention relates tocuff fasteners and more particularly to the type in which the connecting shank proceeds directly from the edges of the two heads, an object of this invention being to permit the making of one of the heads smaller than the other in the cuff fastener of the type mentioned, so that the fastener may be readily introduced into the cuff, while reducing the liability of loss by the smaller head working through the cuff fastener opening.

To this and other ends the invention consists of certain parts and combinations of parts, all of which will be hereinafter described, the novel features being pointed out in the appended claim.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a plan view of a blank from which the fastener is made constructed in accordance with this invention;

Fig. 2 is an edge view of the blank;

Fig. 3 is a plan view showing the manner in which the blank may be ornamented with an initial;

Fig. 4 is a section through the blank illustrated in Fig. 3;

Fig. 5 is a side View of the larger head of the fastener;

Fig. 6. is a view looking at the smaller head of the fastener;

Figs. 7 and 8 are two edge views of the cuff fastener;

Fig. 9 shows a fragment of a cufi from the side on which the larger head isarranged; and

Fig. 10 is a similar view on the side on which the smaller head is arranged.

Prior to this invention is has been suggested to make a cuff fastener from two heads connected by a shank which proceeds from the edges of the two heads so that'the fastener may be made from one blank of sheet material. It has also beeirsuggested prior to this invention to make a cuff fas- Specification of Letters Patent. Patented A 22 1922 v 1921. Serial no. 455,408.

tener from the two heads of different sizes connected by a shank which proceeds from the-opposite faces of the heads. The mak 111g of a construction fromone piece in which the shank connects two heads, one smaller than the other is no problem of manufacture, but in usea shank construction with arms of equal length, would cause the smaller head to work through the cuff fastener opening, unless such arms were madeof lengths which would render the cuff fastener unsightly.

This invention makes it possible to employ heads of different sizes connected by a shank proceeding from the edges of the heads without any danger of losing the cuff fastener.

Referring moreparticularly to the drawings and to the blanks illustrated in Figs. 1 to 4, 1 indicates the larger headwhich is of a size that will not readily pass through the cuff fastener opening, and 2 indicates the smaller head, which is of a size adapted to be readily passed through the cuff fastener opening. I These two heads are connected by a shank portion 3, the shank and the heads being preferably formed from a single piece of sheet material. bent so that the shank assumes a substantially U shape with a short arm 3 and a long arm 3 the short arm connectingdirectly with the larger head and-the long arm connecting directly with the smaller head. By this arrangement, the larger head which is disposed outwardly on the cuff, has one side lying substantially at one end of the cuff fastener opening as shown in Fig.

This material is thenv 9, while the smaller head 2 by being .c'arried by the longer arm is thrown away from It is'apparent that there has been provided a cuff fastener which may be made readily from one piece of sheet material and bent into form, one head of this cuff fastener being smaller than the other so as to facilitate its being passed readily through the cuff openings, While at the same time this head is so removed from the cuff opening that there is no tendency for the same to be drawn through the opening in the use shaped member having two arms of different of the device. lengths, the shorter arm proceeding from lVhat I claim as my invention and desire one edge of the larger member and the 10 to secure by Letters Patent is: longer arm proceeding from one edge of the 5 A cuff fastener comprising tWo heads, one smaller member.

of which is smaller than the other, and a shank connecting them, formed of a U OSCAR E. KOHL. 

